| Should movie stars be producers? Posted: 21 Jun 2012 05:27 PM PDT In recent years, some Chinese movie stars have been trying their hand at getting BEHIND the camera, and producing movies. At Wednesday's Film Festival forum, directors, agents and actors discussed the pros and cons of having a big name in charge of a movie's big budget. |
| A dragon boat racing tournament on the Yangtze River Posted: 21 Jun 2012 10:23 AM PDT A dragon boat racing tournament on the Yangtze River has kicked off in Zigui county, central China?s Hubei Province. |
| Unleash your Inner Thespian! -- Local Laowai ep. 84 -- BON TV China Posted: 20 Jun 2012 03:02 AM PDT | Go to: bon.tv/locallaowai to watch all episodes of Local Laowai! For all the theater and drama junkies out there, China has what it takes to keep your inner thespian happy. No matter if you're looking for modern theater or something with a more traditional bent, you'll find what you're looking for on this episode! BON -- Blue Ocean Network | Views: 3 0 ratings | | Time: 05:51 | More in Howto & Style |
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| Invest Pension In Stock Market - Price Watch June 20 - BONTV Posted: 20 Jun 2012 10:53 PM PDT | Go to www.bon.tv to watch the full episode Follow us on Weibo weibo.com According to Securities Daily, the debate continues about whether to invest pension funds into the stock market. Earlier in February, the Guangdong province government announced its investment of $15.7 billion dollars in retirement funds into the stock market. Although this move would bring a higher capital return than state-owned banks, and the NCSSF would offset the losses if the return rate is less than the minimum level, the public still worries that the country's underdeveloped stock market would bring about large financial loss. | Views: 0 0 ratings | | Time: 01:47 | More in News & Politics |
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| Li Yang speech protest - China Take June 20 - BONTV Posted: 20 Jun 2012 08:52 PM PDT | Go to bon.tv to watch the full episode Li Yang, is the high profile founder of a popular English learning system known as Crazy English. Last summer Li's American wife. Kim Lee, posted pictures of the injuries she had suffered when Li beat her in front of their daughters so badly she had to go to hospital.This search refers to go protestors who held up signs at one of Li's events recently which read: "English skills are easy to learn, but the pain of domestic violence is hard to forget". | Views: 0 0 ratings | | Time: 01:37 | More in News & Politics |
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| China to increase retirement age - Biz Wire June 19 - BONTV Posted: 19 Jun 2012 11:23 PM PDT | Go to www.bon.tv to watch the full episode Follow us on Weibo weibo.com China is considering increasing the retirement age. Officials from Human Resources and Social Security Ministry says pushing the retirement age in China is inevitable. So far, it has aroused widespread concern in the community. In a People's Daily report of nearly 5 hundred thousand people, 93% of them expressed opposition to the policy. However, some doctors and teachers are supportive the change. They say increasing the retirement age may be valuable, as skilled and knowledge is built with experience.At the same time, postponing the age of retirement, begs more questions of China's current pension situation. The latest report released by the Bank of China shows that the pension gap is expected to reach 2.9 trillion dollars in 2013.The report says that under the impact of an aging population and social pooling accounts, there my be pressure to public finance. The Chief Economist of The State Information says, the bonus of state-owned enterprises should actually complement the pension.The current retirement age set by the Labor Insurance Regulations is currently 60 years old for men and 50 for women. This was established in 1950 when the average life expectancy of most Chinese people was about 50 years old. | Views: 3 0 ratings | | Time: 02:22 | More in News & Politics |
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